CVE-2020-1279: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Lockscreen fails to properly load spotlight images from a secure location, aka 'Windows Lockscreen Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1607 only; version 1709 only; version 1803 only; version 1809 only; version 1903 only; version 1909 only; …
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified; version 1803 only; version 1903 only; version 1909 only; version 2004 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2020-06-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.